This is an online journal of our education journey. We like to read living books, do lapbooks, projects, and unit studies. We go on educational trips and get together with other families for different clubs.

Friday, 18 November 2016

This week's Unit Study Roundup theme is Penguins. I decided to share a collection of videos on penguins.

This is a really good documentary that we watched on TV. It's called Spy in the Huddle and a research documentary team made penguin that had a spy cam inside of it.and so it gives viewers a penguin's eye view of life in the huddle of a penguin. I hope that you enjoy watching Penguins- Spy in the Huddle This is the full length show. It is nearly 50 minutes long.

And of course no collection of penguin videos would be complete without including a link to my favourite penguin, Pingu! Follow this link to go to Pingu's official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/pingu

In French they say, "Un tiens vaut mieux que deux que tu l'auras." and this literally translates to: one that you hold is better than two that you will have.

In Spanish they say: Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando - which literally translates to A bird in hand is worth more than 100 flying.

The Dutch saying is: Een vogel in de hand dan tien in de bush

What is your favourite bird? I used to have a pet budgerigar (a budgie) and she was so tame. She did not speak though because only the males speak. I was so disappointed when I found that out. I learned this AFTER I had her home. We loved her so much. She had free run of our apartment until we got a cat. Then, she had to stay in the bathroom with the door closed for her own safety. I only put her in her cage at night during the day she could go where she wanted.

A bird is a nice easy pet to look after. I put newspaper in the bottom of her cage and had to change that weekly (as well as disinfect the cage bottom). I fed her bird seed and made sure she had fresh water in the cage. I also hand fed her lettuce leaves and other carrot shavings/peelings. I would clean and peel the carrot and then use the carrot peeler to peel some more carrot off and I gave her those to eat.

This is an interesting proverb or pearl of wisdom. Next week the theme will be mountains, and I will explore some other proverbs and what they mean. There might even be a craft for you to make with your child.

Take a look at the other links from the other bloggers in the Unit Study Roundup.